Themes / Topics

This section contains an extensive collection of printable teaching resources grouped into popular early years themes / topics. They are ideal for use in schools and early years settings.

Some of our most popular themes include: Dinosaurs, Minibeasts, Pirates, Under the SeaandPeople Who Help Us, but there are loads more listed below. Within each category you’ll find a variety of resources. This may include literacy and numeracy resources, posters, photo packs, flashcards, labels and games. However, if you cannot find what you are looking for then please get in touch and we’ll do our best to help you out.

A collection of beach / seaside themed EYFS / KS1 teaching resources. Here you will find display posters, photos and activities all relating to the beach and ideal for using in your early years setting when discussing this theme.

A collection of early years (EYFS) and key stage 1 (KS1) 'under the sea' themed teaching resources, full of fun craft activities, games, poems, display posters and lots more useful resources to use in your classroom.

A collection of early years (EYFS) and key stage 1 (KS1) teaching resources relating to different kinds of weather, great for helping your pupils to think about how the seasons affects the weather and what each weather type is called.

A collection of EYFS / KS1 teaching resources relating to the theme of the woods / forest. These resources are ideal for using during discussion about the topic or for role-play. Lions and tigers and bears...oh my!

A collection of EYFS / KS1 teaching resources celebrating the various ‘people who help us’. This section includes a variety of masks, activities, posters and games, all perfect for exploring the 'people who help us' topic with your class (which is always very popular!).

A collection of early years (EYFS) and key stage 1(KS1) teaching resources relating to the environment and green issues. This section contains a variety of global warming related resources, as well as information about the Big Light Project.

A collection of unofficial bee bot / programmable robot resources ideal to use to use as part of an early years (EYFS) or key stage 1 (KS1) activity. These mats are on a variety of different themes, including the seaside, pirates, the high street and a racing track.

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All of the primary / early years teaching resources on this website are licensed under Early Learning HQ copyright.
They must not be used for commercial purposes and you are not permitted to redistribute them in any way.
You are permitted to print, display, alter, transform or add to the digital version of the resource
as long as it is not for commercial purposes.

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About ELHQ

Early Learning HQ is home to thousands of primary school / early years teaching resources, some of which are completely free to download.
The site was created a few years back with the aim of becoming a high quality sparklebox alternative
- helping teachers and parents to create exciting and inspiring learning environments for young
children. We feel like we've gone a long way towards achieving this goal but we are always looking
to improve, so if there's something you feel we can help you with or if you'd like to offer some
feedback then please get in touch.